Recommendations in and around Prague?

[LadyGuinevere]

Thank you for all the tips so far! BF is very into history and politics, so the Museum of Communism sounds like a must!

As I'm such a nut for second hand shopping, and ideas on that? I enjoy anything from flea markets to more upscale antique shops.

I didn't actually see much in the way of second hand shopping while we were there, but we stayed mostly central, and were only there for a few days. Except  for second hand book shops - there were a lot of them!!

[little.fox]

Ok, so we have jus come home from our trip, and I have a few things to add myself now!

-The Dancing Building was as impressive as I had hoped, and also housed a Michelin restaurant, Celeste, where BF took me for my birthday dinner. The views were amazing and the food was to die for. The whole thing was spectacular.

-We liked the Museum Of Communism, it was well done, very interesting and heart-wrenching.

-We wanted to visit the National Museum, but the main building that houses the natural history collections was closed for refurbishment, we were super dissaponted by this, especially as I had not seen it mentioned on their website at all. Instead we went to their new building just next to the main building.

-Another museum that I can throroughly recommend is the toy museum within the castle grounds. They have some amazing things on display there, and the top floor houses Barbies 50th anniversary exhibition.

-We also found a minute fashion museum and vintage shop just off of the old square, also really well done and the volunteers have managed to fit a lot into the small space they have.

-On the Lesser Side we also found a museum of film special effects, that I enjoyed nearly as much as my film-maker BF!

-Two other buildings that I was really impressed with were the House of the Black Madonna, a cubist building that also houses an Art Deco style coffee shop, as well as the Municipal House, a very impressive Art Noveau building with murals by Mucha (amongst others).

All in all we enjoyed the visit immensly, and we just didn't have time to do everyting that we would have liked!

Next time, we will most defenitely visit some of the National Gallery buildings, the National Museum (it opens again in 2015), the Puppet Museum and also see the Don Giovanni puppet opera, visit Kutna Hora and see some of the underground caves near Praha.

[PitterPatter]

Awww, i got here too late. lol

I went to Prague once and loved it, it's on my list to go back because we just didn't see enough. lol.

Glad you had a nice time and have some thoughts on other things you want to see if you go back.

I was going to recommend the Mucha Museum. He was an art Neuveu typy artist and did lots of posters and such around the end of the 1800s I beleive. It's not overly big/long to get round but some of the works are really beautiful - if you like that kind of style

^_^

[LadyGuinevere]

Oh yes, we went to that toy museum as well! I couldn't remember where it was though, and when we went the Barbie exhibition was there too - and that's probably a good eighteen months ago at least! Strange - I thought that was only a temporary part!

Glad you enjoyed yourself!